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        "id": 1239161,
        "msgid": "chinese-new-year-holiday-optional-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-02-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "Chinese New Year holiday optional",
        "author": null,
        "source": "ANTARA",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Chinese New Year holiday optional JAKARTA: Chinese New Year, which falls this year on Feb. 12, is not a national holiday, but an optional holiday, a religious affairs ministry official says. \"Optional holiday means its implementation depends on individual discretion, whether to make it a holiday or not,\" said the Ministry of Religious Affairs' public relations chief Muhamad Kailani in Bandung, West Java, recently.",
        "content": "<p>Chinese New Year holiday optional<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Chinese New Year, which falls this year on Feb. 12,<br>\nis not a national holiday, but an optional holiday, a religious<br>\naffairs ministry official says.<\/p>\n<p>\"Optional holiday means its implementation depends on<br>\nindividual discretion, whether to make it a holiday or not,\" said<br>\nthe Ministry of Religious Affairs' public relations chief Muhamad<br>\nKailani in Bandung, West Java, recently.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese New Year has never been celebrated as a national<br>\nholiday in Indonesia, but confusion loomed after authorities<br>\nrealized that one calendar had marked Feb. 12 in red, signifying<br>\na national holiday, while most other calendars printed Feb. 12 in<br>\nblack, signifying a normal workday. The religious affairs<br>\nministry's statement is expected to end the confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Muhamad Kailani said Chinese New Year, or Imlek as it is known<br>\nin Indonesia, has become an optional holiday since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Advisor to the Khong Hu Cu Religious Council Yansen D. said in<br>\nBandung, West Java, on Tuesday that declaring Imlek as an<br>\noptional holiday would suffice as it reflected the government's<br>\nsensitiveness to the aspirations of Khong Hu Cu followers. --<br>\nAntara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/chinese-new-year-holiday-optional-1447893297",
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